I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1.
a. : a small box or receptacle designed to hold a bar of soap
b. : a packing box used for shipping soap
2. : an improvised platform used by a self-appointed, spontaneous, or informal orator
soapboxes were carried openly into the classsroom and mounted by the orators — Heywood Broun
need no encouragement to leap on your soapbox to tell it to the world — Norris Harkness
novels are novels and rarely handy soapboxes — Robert Carson
II. adjective
1. : shaped like a soapbox
architects of skyscrapers who found their soapbox forms imposed by zoning laws — W.E.Cox
2. : of, relating to, or delivered from a soapbox
soapbox oratory
distrustful of the whole pattern of soapbox politics — Leslie Rees
the park is the orating ground of the city's soapbox evangels — American Guide Series: Oregon
III. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to indulge in soapbox oratory
girls who soapboxed for equal rights — Marybeth Weinstein
joined picket lines and soapboxed at breadlines — Time
• soap·box·er noun